What is the test for a private individual to claim damages from a public nuisance?

Under California law, "a private individual . . . does not have a cause of action on account of a public nuisance unless he alleges facts showing special injury to himself in person or property of a character different in kind from that suffered by the general public." Brown v. Petrolane, Inc., 102 Cal. App. 3d 720, 725 (1980) (emphasis in original) (collecting cases). "Under this rule[,] the requirement is that the plaintiff's damage be different in kind, rather than in degree, from that shared by the general public." Id. (collecting cases).